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ComedyCrimeMysteryThriller

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

- DEATH AFLOAT...striking swiftly. suddenly...leaving on each strangled victim a calling card of crimson coin...thirty pieces of silver!

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.

Release Date : 1940-05-02

Language :EnglishItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sidney Toler

Character Name : Charlie Chan

Original Name : Sidney Toler

Gender : Male

Victor Sen Yung

Character Name : Jimmy Chan

Original Name : Victor Sen Yung

Gender : Male

Leo G. Carroll

Character Name : Professor Gordon

Original Name : Leo G. Carroll

Gender : Male

Lionel Atwill

Character Name : Dr. Suderman

Original Name : Lionel Atwill

Gender : Male

Robert Lowery

Character Name : Dick Kenyon

Original Name : Robert Lowery

Gender : Male

Marjorie Weaver

Character Name : Paula Drake

Original Name : Marjorie Weaver

Gender : Female

Cora Witherspoon

Character Name : Susie Watson

Original Name : Cora Witherspoon

Gender : Female

Don Beddoe

Character Name : Frederick Ross

Original Name : Don Beddoe

Gender : Male

Leonard Mudie

Character Name : Gerald Pendleton

Original Name : Leonard Mudie

Gender : Male

Charles Middleton

Character Name : Jeremiah Walters

Original Name : Charles Middleton

Gender : Male

Claire Du Brey

Character Name : Sarah Walters

Original Name : Claire Du Brey

Gender : Female

James Burke

Character Name : Wilkie, house detective

Original Name : James Burke

Gender : Male

Richard Keene

Character Name : Buttons, ship's steward

Original Name : Richard Keene

Gender : Male

Harry Strang

Character Name : Seaman Guarding Pendleton

Original Name : Harry Strang

Gender : Male

Harlan Briggs

Character Name : San Francisco Coroner

Original Name : Harlan Briggs

Gender : Male

Layne Tom Jr.

Character Name : Willie Chan

Original Name : Layne Tom Jr.

Gender : Male

C. Montague Shaw

Character Name : Inspector Duff

Original Name : C. Montague Shaw

Gender : Male

Cliff Clark

Character Name : Lieutenant Wilson

Original Name : Cliff Clark

Gender : Male

Kay Linaker

Character Name : Linda Pendleton

Original Name : Kay Linaker

Gender : Female

Paul McVey

Character Name : Mrs. Pendleton's Doctor

Original Name : Paul McVey

Gender : Male

Wade Boteler

Character Name : Honolulu Police Chief

Original Name : Wade Boteler

Gender : Male

Emmett Vogan

Character Name : Hotel Manager

Original Name : Emmett Vogan

Gender : Male

John Dilson

Character Name : Police Doctor at Hotel

Original Name : John Dilson

Gender : Male

J. Anthony Hughes

Character Name : Detective Wilson, Chan's agent

Original Name : J. Anthony Hughes

Gender : Male

Sherry Hall

Character Name : Radio Operator (uncredited)

Original Name : Sherry Hall

Gender : Male

Walter Miller

Character Name : Ship's Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Miller

Gender : Male

Al Kikume

Character Name : Cop Extra in Chan's Office

Original Name : Al Kikume

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-23

When his British pal "Insp. Shaw" is killed, our eponymous sleuth must join the passengers on a cruise to find the culprit not just of this, but of another murder too! It has a sort of "Murder on the Orient Express" feeling to it, this, as the fellow travellers are introduced to us, and to "Mr. Chan" (Sydney Toler) and we very quickly ascertain that they are a pretty disparate bunch any of whom might, just, be responsible. It helps the mystery that the there is no obvious character - neither by virtue of their role or their billing - to give it away. It's down to some shrewd detective work from "Chan", aided by his rather hapless, but well meaning No 2 son "Jimmy" (a lively effort from Victor Sen Yung) to work it out. Lionel Atwill, Leo G. Carroll, Charles Middleton and an engagingly ditzy Cora Witherspoon ("Susie") all help keep us guessing until quite an exciting denouement with plenty of red herrings and cleverly staged machinations to trap our strangler. The Confucian-style expressions grate after a while, they are just too contrived - but there is lots going on here to kill 75 minutes well.